USA v. Lodge, et al.
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4:23-cr-00159
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December 16, 2025
Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager Gets 8 Years In Body Parts Case
Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge was sentenced Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court to eight years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to trafficking body parts from donated cadavers.
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December 15, 2025
Feds Deny Breaking Plea Deal With Ex-Morgue Manager
Prosecutors told a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday that they did not breach a plea deal between the government and Cedric Lodge by seeking a harsh sentence for the former head of Harvard University's morgue who admitted to theft and trafficking of human remains, claiming that Lodge's arguments to the contrary amounted to buyer's remorse.
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December 10, 2025
Feds Seek 10 Years For Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania have recommended that the court impose a 10-year prison sentence for former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge following his admission to stealing and selling body parts from cadavers donated to the school for scientific research.
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July 23, 2025
Judge Cites 'Frankenstein' In Ruling On Human Remains Case
An oddities shop owner failed to convince a Pennsylvania federal judge that buying and selling human remains does not amount to transporting stolen goods and that charges against her should be dismissed, with the judge reasoning that the body parts fit the legal definition of stolen property.
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May 22, 2025
Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager Cops To Trafficking Body Parts
A former manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue pled guilty on Wednesday to trafficking human remains donated for research, including brains and skin, that he stole from the morgue as part of a nationwide scheme that prosecutors said had many body parts resold.
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April 17, 2025
Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager Takes Plea Over Stolen Remains
Harvard Medical School's former morgue manager plans to plead guilty to one criminal count in a case alleging he stole and sold human remains from cadavers in his care to a network of "oddities" buyers across the country.
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April 15, 2025
Pa. Man To Plead Guilty In Harvard Body Parts Theft Case
A Pennsylvania man will plead guilty to a federal charge for transporting body parts that were allegedly stolen from cadavers by the manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue, according to a Tuesday filing.
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March 18, 2025
Feds Reject 'Absurd' Defense In Harvard Body Parts Case
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania have blasted an "absurd argument" that a stolen-goods law doesn't criminalize buying and selling body parts stolen from cadavers donated to the Harvard Medical School's morgue.
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March 03, 2025
Oddities Shop Owner Says Collecting Body Parts Not Criminal
A woman accused of taking part in an interstate ring buying and selling human remains allegedly stolen by the former director of Harvard University's morgue asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss an indictment against her, arguing that charges of transporting stolen goods don't apply to body parts.
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February 21, 2024
Morgue Manager's Wife Cops To Role In Body Part Sales
The wife of a Harvard University morgue manager will cop to interstate transport of stolen goods for her role in the alleged scheme to steal and sell human remains to a nationwide network, prosecutors said Wednesday.